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From: "David O'Brien" <dev-null@NUXI.com>
To: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net>
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On Fri, Aug 24, 2001 at 12:17:37AM +0300, Peter Pentchev wrote:
> I think he meant 'maintained in the ports/ tree' just as make.conf
> is 'maintained in the src/ tree', that is, there is a src/etc/make.conf
> file with evolving defaults.  Yes, ports.conf should probably live
> in /etc or some such place, but I, too, think that it should be
> maintained in the ports tree, quite possibly in ports/Mk/.

How are you suggesting ports.conf get into /etc?  A `make world' cannot
depend on having a populated /usr/ports/Mk.

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